Macasinia chorisma

Macasinia chorisma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Macasinia
Species:	M. chorisma
Binomial name
	Macasinia chorisma; (Razowski & J.W. Brown, 2004)[1]
Synonyms
	Mexiculia chorisma Razowski & Brown, 2004;

Macasinia chorisma is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Puebla, Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 6 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is snow white up to the median fascia, along the costa and on the dorsum beyond the middle. It is suffused with brownish grey beyond the median fascia medially and terminally and marked with a few brown lines. The hindwings are cream, but whiter in the basal half and suffused with brownish in the distal part where brown strigulation (fine streaks) is found.

Etymology

The species name refers to separate position of the species and is derived from choris (meaning separately).[2]

References

tortricidae.com
Razowski, J. & J.W. Brown, 2004: New species and new combinations in Neotropical Euliini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologica 32(128): 321-337. Full article: .

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[1] tortricidae.com

[2] Razowski, J. & J.W. Brown, 2004: New species and new combinations in Neotropical Euliini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologica 32(128): 321-337. Full article: .